My Monday night indoor football was spoiled by an injury deep into extra time.... I sprained my ankle after some really nice guy stepped on it (***hole!), here are some pics of the swelling.

* I would appreciate some advice from those who have been through this. I've had this happen countless times before, but never this swollen, especially considering I took the pics with my low-quality phone camera after a couple hours of icing it.

Oh honey that's one of the worse ones i've seen. There is not much you can do except keep it elevated and ice it. It will go down within a week but I suggest even some simple low impact physical therapy before you play again. You wouldnt want it to get worse. Good luck!

I fractured my leg and couldn't play for half a year, and couldn't walk for 4 to 5 months. You must check if you have serious injury inside, I also have this swelling thing which is even bigger than yours. Then I went to the doctor and check, and the doctor say I have fractured my leg. And I couldn't go school for a few months

Ouch man, that sounds nasty. Never had a fracture, I hope this isn't one, because it seems to be healing okay (I can step on it today for instance) - Did you recover 100%?

Darius, going on footytube sounds like a great idea at first, but eventually it will make you want to go play outside, which in turn will depress you because you know you can't.... It's a torturous cycle

Icing Advice: Fill a freezer baggy with corn syrup. Put that bag in another, 'casue if it spills it ruins your freezer forever. Put it in your freezer. It's mendable, yet as cold as ice, and takes forever to "melt"

* Protect your injury from further harm. * Rest the injury initially, then re-introduce movement so you don't lose too much muscle strength. * Ice packs or a bag of frozen peas wrapped in a towel should be applied to your ankle to reduce swelling and bruising. You could also immerse your ankle in ice. You should not apply ice directly to your skin as it can give you an "ice burn" - place a cloth between the ice and skin. * Compress your ankle by bandaging it to support the injury and help decrease swelling. * Elevate your ankle by resting your foot above the level of your heart and keep it supported.

Further treatment will vary according to how badly you have sprained your ankle.

The swelling and discomfort should begin to subside after a few days. At this point, you should begin to move your ankle.compression bandages should normally be taken off after two days because they limit movement. Instead you can use a support or taping that doesn't restrict movement too much.

Initial exercises can include rotating the foot and moving it up and down. Take care not to cause more pain while you are moving your foot. Try to increase the range of movement each day

Use ice packs if there is pain. Do massage your leg. After two days or so if swelling reduces massage your leg in hot water. Hot water frees the stressed muscle and ice numbs the area. Still if there is no change something wrong with bone but its not a dislocation that's what my physcio told